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DOI: 10.2298/ZRVI1350899S

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Despot Lazar Brankovi was a son of despot ura Brankovi and despoina Jerina
(Irina), born Cantacuzenus. He was in exile with his parents in 14391444, in Hungary,
Italy, Ragusa, Zeta. He married Helen, the daughter of Thomas Paleologus, despot of
Morea in 1446. At that occasion he was crowned with the crown of despots, because
his older brothers, Grgur and Stephen, had been blinded. Thus he became the heir to
the Serbian throne and his fathers co-ruler. When despot ura died, on December
24th, 1456, he became a Serbian ruler. In the extremely difficult political conditions, he
maneuvered between Turkey and Hungary. He entered a hard dispute with his mother,
who was supporting the blind Grgur in his attempts to seize the power. He was poisoned
by the nobility, which blamed him for alleged matricide.
Keywords: despot, Lazar, ura, Jerina, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary, Smederevo,
vojvode, logothet, treasurer.

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Momilo Spremi

(Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade)

DESPOT LAZAR BRANKOVI

Despot Lazar Brankovi was the youngest son of despot ura Brankovi.
He was depicted for the first time on September 11th 1429, at the miniature of the
Esphigmenou Charter. He crossed over to Hungary with his parents in 1439, and
in 1440, through Zagreb, Chioggia and Ragusa, reached Zeta. He retured to Buda
the following year. His parents had him married to Helen, daughter of Thomas
Paleologus, despot of Morea in 1446. The wedding in Smederevo was just one part of
the celebration, because Lazar was immidiately granted the title of despot. He became
the heir to the Serbian throne and his fathers co-ruler. When despot ura died,
on December 24th, 1456, Lazar became a Serbian ruler. He succeeded in agreeing
a peace treaty with sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, on January 15th, 1457, about
which he immidiately informed the Hungarian court. He participated in the trial of
Ladislas Hunyadi, who was sentenced to death for conspiracy against king Ladislas
V Posthumus. Despite difficult situation concerning foreign affairs, his greatest

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challenge was a dispute with his closest relatives. He entered a dispute with his own
mother Jerina because of the power and treasury, and she supported the claims to the
despots throne of his brother, the blind Grgur. In the middle of the dispute, Jerina
died in Rudnik, on May 3rd, 1457, and Grgur, their sister Mara and uncle Thomas
Cantacuzenus fled to the sultan. Later authors accused Lazar of poisoning his mother.
That was never forgiven. The author of the Genealogy of the House of Brankovi,
composed at the end of the 15th century, speaking of Lazar, explicitly said: And he,
after a short period of reign, was muredered, poisoned by his nobility. It seems that
he was poisoned, and it is known that he died on January 20th, 1458. He was his father
co-ruler for about ten years, and he ruled alone a little more then a year.